A flower in my garden

So pure and clean

Pretty and shining
Beaming into my eyes
Glows so slowly, lovely and catchy
Lighting my life so right
As it frees my mind
It settles centrally on my heart
Soothing me anytime any weather
Faith is here

Warning over race to reshape African cities as “urban fantasies”

Plans to reshape cities across Africa in the style of Dubai and Singapore threaten to deepen social inequalities and could prove costly to both investors and city authorities, according to a paper in the April 2014 edition of Environment and Urbanization.  
The paper, by Professor Vanessa Watson of the University of Cape Town, reviews plans to renew, extend or replace cities in Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda and Tanzania.

Watson notes that the planned modernist skyscrapers and landscaped freeways have been dreamt up not in Africa but in the offices of international architects and engineers. They appear to ignore the fact that the majority of people in African cities have low-incomes, live in informal housing and lack land rights. They also do nothing to address the large deficits in provision for basic services.

DPP maize and medical donation to Maula Prison blocked

Party (DPP) maize and medical donation worth K1 million to Maula
Prison.

According to DPP president Peter Mutharika's Personal Assistant Ben
Phiri, who led the delegation to the prison, the official cited the
use of party vehicles and availability of some top party official.

 "Following the media reports which indicated that there is acute food
shortage at the prison, our president saw it fit to share some food
and medication to prisoners but we were saddened to hear that we
cannot donate the food.

Ma Blacks cherish 2013, bemoans lack of music distributors

The country's top Reggae outfit the Black Missionaries have said 2013
was a success although lack of music distributors was a major problems.

Speaking in an interview with Nyasa Times, the Band Leader Angiru
Fumulani cited positive reception from the fans and the international
exposure as some of the successes.

Pro-government NGO funded by Malawi State House

Forum for National Development (FND) is being linked with the State
House as sponsors.

According to information from top government officials, FND Chairperson
Bright Kampaundi and member Annold Mnelemba met President Joyce Banda at
 Sanjika Palace on Sunday where they pocketed K7 million.